Rod Speed wrote:
> Echy <echy2007@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> > Echy wrote:
> >> Hello
> >>
> >> I have encountered an "Inaccessible Boot Device" stop error
> >> 0x0000007B on my desktop computer. The computer (in normal & safe
> >> mode) will not progress past the blue stop screen.
> >>
> >> It is an Acer PIII computer with Windows 2000 and was running fine
> >> with no warning signs of this impending problem. I have current data
> >> back ups thankfully.I run up-to-date anti virus software and
> >> Ad-Aware, Spybot, CCleaner, SpywareBlaster.
> >>
> >> I have not installed anything new in the way of hardware or
> >> software. I have checked that all cables are tightly connected &
> >> have used a boot floppy disk to run chkdsk & scandisk. When I run
> >> scandisk it says all is OK but it cannot be checking anything I
> >> don't think as it finishes in two seconds. Same for Chkdsk.
> >>
> >> I also managed to borrow a working hard disk with an operating system
> >> etc on it, disconnected my drive and connected this one. I get
> >> exactly thesame error message ??
> >>
> >> Wondering if there a definitive help source or if anyone can offer
> >> any thoughts on the problem.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance for any help.
> >>
> >> Echy
> >
> > Thanks very much for the replies to date. To clarify a few things:-
> >
> > - the operating system on both HDD's is Windows 2000 Pro SP4 both with
> > up to date
> > patches/updates.
> >
> > - both have NTFS partitioning
> >
> > - the programs I mentioned that I use, were routinely run before the
> > error message
> > started.
> >
> > - the borrowed HDD is jumpered as a single drive
> >
> > - the borrowed HDD was not a clean install at the time of me borrowing
> > it. It already
> > had Win 2000 on it & a few programs. It is from my friend's spare
> > computer, rarely
> > used, but operating perfectly on that computer.
> >
> > Re the comment "If win2k is on an NTFS partition you cannot run
> > scandisk or chkdsk from a floppy... so all you checked was the floppy
> > itself". That would explain why it took so little time.
> >
> > Not having ever run a repair/chkdsk /r before, could something be
> > clarified so I avoid a mistake. I have booted from the original
> > Windows CD and have the options:-
> > - To set up Windows 2000 now, press ENTER
> > - To repair a Windows 2000 installation, press R
> > - to quit ..... etc
>
> > .... what should I do next?
>
> I'd run the hard drive manufacturer's diagnostic first to see if
> there is some fundamental problem with the hard drive controller.
>
> > Thanks again to everyone and your further help would be greatly
> > appreciated.

"I'd run the hard drive manufacturer's diagnostic first" .... that
brought me to a new problem !! I cannot remove the HDD. The face of the
screws have been "butchered" by the previous owner (computer is an
ex-corporate one) and I cannot get any leverage. The drive is enclosed
in a cradle that obscures the name plate ....... Doh!